Brazilian Politician Has "Mystifying" Proposal To Fight COVID - Spray Hand Gel From Aircraft
A Brazilian politician has suggested using helicopters and planes to spray his town with hand sanitizer in a desperate and futile bid to obliterate the coronavirus from above. The mystifying proposal was floated in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul on Monday, as Brazil wrestles with the deadliest phase of its 13-month outbreak and the countrys Covid death toll rose to nearly 280,000.
During an assembly of local politicians in the tourist town of Canela, councillor Alberi Dias wondered if the aerial deployment of alcohol gel hand rub might help. Weve got lots of business people here who own helicopters and planes
I dont know if theres a liquid version of alcohol gel but I think spraying it would be a good idea because the virus is in the air. Its like something from another world, Dias said, according to the news website Metrópoles.
They use planes to spray crops, mused the 50-year-old politician, whose state is currently being pummeled by a soaring number of infections and deaths. Perhaps its a good idea because alcohol gel does no harm. One fellow councillor reportedly laughed at the proposition made by Dias, whose official website carries the slogan: When politics is conducted by upstanding men, the people will only profit.
Social media was left in stitches, with many wondering what would happen if Canelas smokers decided to light up. This guys ready to be health minister, tweeted one jokester in reference to President Jair Bolsonaros decision to axe his widely derided health minister, Eduardo Pazuello, on whose 10-month watch more than 260,000 Brazilians died of Covid-19. Bolsonaro announced Pazuellos departure on Monday evening, telling supporters his replacement had a much better grasp of health issues. Few believe the switch will significantly alter Brazils anti-scientific response to the epidemic, given Bolsonaros longstanding opposition to containment measures such as social distancing and masks.
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